Wilder could NOT beat Iron Mike Tyson!

[mikeeod]

One is a great athlete and physical phenom, the other is a born fighter who was trained to be a polished professional. I don't see Mike losing this, despite the height and reach disadvantages. Wilder doesn't box, he loads up on the right and swings for home runs. Tyson gets inside and Wilder is lost, gets his body broken and then his head taken off while bending in anticipation of/reacting to a body shot.

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Lots of revisionism going on about Wilder. A month ago, he was the hardest puncher in boxing history who had made multiple title defences and was a big favourite going into the Fury fight.

I stand by my previous views: Wilder is a magnificent athlete who came to the sport late. His straight right is on a par with Frazier's left hook. Nothing wrong with his heart and chin either.

He lacks fundamentals though, and is totally reliant on that big right. If he is not controlling distance and tempo, he is less likely to land it. Somebody coming into him deceptively and aggressively is his kryptonite.

Tyson is just all wrong for Wilder.

Wilder would be punching down on Tyson, robbing him of his power. Mike would be all over Deontay, dictating the distance and pace of the fight .... and prime Tyson attacked with movement, speed and power. Mike had solid boxing technique and skills all the way through him too.

No disrespect to Wilder, but this bout would be another showreel highlight knockout for Tyson.

[Primo Carnera]

What people have to realize is that Tyson is a complete one off in the sense that nobody can quite turn a size disadvantage into an advantage like he did. He was actually at his best against Really big guys . They couldn't punch properly or with full power as they were punching down, and he would bob inside and with his short leverage and timing blast them with uppercuts and body shots.
Being so big would not help Wilder one bit , especially with his relative lack of boxing skills.

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Mike Tyson wasn't really that great an inside fighter & was quite content to be clinch & hold on the inside when he couldn't put his opponent away, ala the Boneclutcher Smith fight.

6' 5" Riddick Bowe was a much better inside fighter than Tyson ever was.

I do agree that Tyson would have beaten Wilder though.

His head movement was awesome under Rooney & Wilder does not have the fundamentals to do anything about that.

Tyson would have made Wilder miss & tagged him with fast, sharp & powerful hooks & put Wilder away inside 6.